The Convergence
BUILDING OUR LOCAL FOOD FUTURE ACROSS THE MARCHES
4&5 October 2024
After a successful first year in 2023, we’re back with a new format for 2024! The Marches Real Food and Farming Convergence 2024 will be an even more interactive space to foster collaboration and build community.
Join us to reimagine our local food future and build the partnerships that will make it a reality. Explore:
· how to transform the supply chain for agro-ecological farming.
· how to increase local fruit and veg production and improve access to healthy food.
· scaling out, up and deep. What needs to happen from the hyper-local through to bioregional level.
The Convergence will be a unique space for food conversations, ranging from land-based wisdom, and innovations in ownership to permaculture and holistic management, food quality and the Global Farm Metric. Join our culture and arts space, an autumnal foodie feast and fire circle.
The Convergence is being hosted by the Marches Real Food & Farming Network which emerged from the conference last year and works to create a regenerative and resilient food system.
Thank you to everyone who has helped create the programme of panel sessions, open forums and practical workshops!
PROGRAMME PREVIEW
* Richard Kipling Sustainable Food Trust * Clare Hill Planton Farm * Julia Kirby-Smith Better Food Traders * Francesca Price Real Farming Trust * Julia Wright Coventry University * Charlotte Hollins Ford Hall Farm * Ian Steele Treflach Farm * John Philips Broniath Farm * Tomas Remiarz Greenland Services * Steve Jones Sector 39 * Steven Jacobs Organic Farmers & Growers * Seb Mayfield Ooooby * Alison Sheffield Social Farms & Gardens * Richard Edwards Cultivate * Tom Adams, Tom Adams Fruit Tree Nursery * Ben Wilson OsNosh *Matthew Adams GRFFN * The Landing Project* *Rebecca Laughton - Land Workers Alliance * Duncan Williams - Forum for the Future*
* Pete Russell - Ooooby * Charlotte Gage - Sustain * Chloe Masefield - Bwyd Powys Food
* Rebecca Tully - Herefordshire Food Alliance * Joanna Poulton -l Basic Income for Farmers
* Mark Measures, Organic Consulting * Lesley Wills, OsNosh *
* West Mids Grain Lab *